Definition of leak

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Leak (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out..

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Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..
Inhospitable :: Inhospitable (a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
Leak :: Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks..
Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask..
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc..
Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..
Leakage :: Leakage (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking..
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Leak :: Leak (a.) Leaky.
Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..
Ablen :: Ablen () A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..
Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid..
Blay :: Blay (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n..
Fleak :: Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.
Leakiness :: Leakiness (n.) The quality of being leaky.
Dribble :: Dribble (n.) A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops.
Bleaky :: Bleaky (a.) Bleak.
Leaked :: Leaked (imp. & p. p.) of Lea.
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